A scarce paper-board copy of Willy Pogany's Rubaiyat, the Hungarian artist's bold artistic take on the classic Perisan poem by Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat was written in the 11th century, and experienced an immense resurgence in popularity when Edward Fitzgerald published his revised translations in the mid-1800s.
In good condition, offered at a reduced price to reflect a pair of upper- layer fragments chipped from the spine panel. Corners a little rubbed and bumped, minor scratches in a couple of places, foxing to some page edges, and gutters starting in places. An attractive reading copy of this collectable edition. Quarter-bound in taupe cloth with illustrated brown paper boards, tipped-in colour plates, lithographed page vignettes and borders, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 28.5 x 19 cm. Unpaginated.
